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Midwives: Manpower

Volume 497: debated on Wednesday 14 October 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time equivalent midwives the NHS employed in each strategic health authority area in each year since 2005. (291936)

The number of full-time equivalent midwives in each strategic health authority area in each year since 2005 is set out in the following table.

National health service hospital and community health services: Qualified midwives in England by strategic health authority area as at 30 September each specified year

Full-time equivalent

2005

2006

2007

2008

England

18,949

18,862

19,298

19,639

North East strategic health authority area

1,011

1,003

1,025

1,063

North West strategic health authority area

3,094

3,138

3,111

3,032

Yorkshire and the Humber strategic health authority area

2,047

1,906

1,942

1,947

East Midlands strategic health authority area

1,310

1,294

1,322

1,351

West Midlands strategic health authority area

2,123

2,092

2,171

2,177

East of England strategic health authority area

1,725

1,742

1,806

1,801

London strategic health authority area

3,326

3,442

3,499

3,751

South East Coast strategic health authority area

1,320

1,325

1,382

1,413

South Central strategic health authority area

1,187

1,145

1,255

1,301

South West strategic health authority area

1,806

1,774

1,786

1,803

Note:

Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.

Source:

The Information Centre Non-Medical Workforce Census.